A VIDEO posted to social media purporting to show a group of men engaged in a street fight has gone viral.

The 10-second Snapchat video, titled “Goodnight Apex: Sudanese thugs get decked”, was first uploaded to YouTube by far right-wing group Party For Freedom Australia on Wednesday.

“Two Aussies defend themselves in a fight against four Sudanese in Beaumont Street, Hamilton, 11th June 2017,” reads description of the video, which was filmed at the intersection of Beaumont and Cleary Streets in Newcastle, opposite The Kent Hotel.

The Apex Gang is believed to be behind a series of carjackings, home invasions, assaults and robberies in Melbourne over the past year. Despite the gang being reported as predominantly of Sudanese origin, Victorian police say it is made up of “Australian-born offenders”.

There have been no reports of the Apex Gang being in Newcastle and there is no evidence that the men in the video are members of the gang, police say.

According to the Party For Freedom website, the fight broke out at about 1am on Sunday. “The Sudanese troublemakers were drinking in the Hotel Kent verbally abusing patrons while trying to start fights with anyone in the hotel,” it says.

However, news.com.au understands this version of events is incorrect, and that the four men were never inside hotel itself as they had previously been banned from the venue.

Although the video claims to show the “Aussies” defending themselves, the video itself only shows footage where the “Aussie” men appear to be the aggressors.

Chief Inspector Terry Burns from the Newcastle Police said officers were called to an alleged brawl outside the Oasis Food Court on Sunday morning “involving a number of males”. “Two males were still on the scene when police arrived, however all other parties had left,” he said.

“The two males were being treated for minor facial injuries. At this stage we’re still appealing for people to assist us with the identity of a number of persons that were involved in the fight. Inquiries are ongoing. We’ve released the CCTV and we’re confident we will obtain their identities.”

No one has yet been charged over the incident. “We’ve actually appealed for them to come forward before we knock on their doors,” Insp. Burns said.

Party For Freedom Australia was founded by controversial anti-Islam campaigner Nick Folkes, and first gained attention in 2015 with its presence at Reclaim Australia rallies. The group is known for its anti-immigration and anti-multiculturalism views.

Mr Folkes was branded “extremely rude” by Sky News host Andrew Bolt after about 10 members of the group stormed a service at the Gosford Anglican Church last August wearing Arabic-style dress and shouting slogans through a loudspeaker.

Earlier this year, Mr Folkes appeared on the SBS show The Truth About Racism, hosted by Muslim activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied. He later claimed the show was “hijacked”, branding it a “stitch-up from the get-go”.

The video, which has been viewed nearly 45,000 times, has attracted a large number of racist comments too offensive to be published here.

Blacks always start stuff. The Australian press is just more fake news like the American press.

The barista told the customer “that’s fine” and moved aside, before telling staff about the racism and that the woman shouldn’t be served.

While Josie carried on serving other customers with a smile, the ‘whites only’ customer glared at her.

“When we first came to Australia, in primary school and a bit in high school as well, I got the ‘Why are you here? Go back to where you came from’ line,” Josie told ABC in Australia .

“But that was all left behind, I haven’t heard any of those kind of remarks for a while, and then this happened just a couple of days ago.”

A customer told #Cairns barista Josie Ajak ‘I refuse to be served by a black person’.

One of Josie’s friends decided to bring attention to the situation on Facebook .

Jade Arevalo wrote: “Josie is one of the most kind and friendly people you could meet but irrespective of her character, she did not deserve to be excluded like this.

“What makes it worse is that this nasty lady who asked for another staff member travels in a wheelchair and could quite possibly understand a life made difficult by others assuming less of her.”

Jade also launched a campaign to urge others to come in and buy coffee from Josie – and to order white hot chocolate for some amusing irony.

She also thanked a woman called Stacey Sellars who “stood up to the woman on Josie’s behalf.

“Your bravery is dearly appreciated,” wrote Jade.

Since the incident, which sparked an influx of support, Josie also posted her own message to Facebook.

“I have been inundated with so many beautiful messages from both friends and complete strangers that have left me feeling so blessed to be who I am,” Josie wrote.

“I never in a million years thought that the response would be so great and encourage you all to continue to spread this message.

“Regardless of which colour, gender, age, size, and shape you are, we are all deserving of love and should be treated accordingly.”

Josie and her pals are all butthurt. Boo hoo. Who cares? In the Sudan she’d be raped and murdered by her own people. The more of her people admitted to Australia, the more likely that someone is going to be raped and murdered by one of her tribe.

The West may be taking in these “refugees” but no one can be forced to like them. The lady who wanted a white server had a perfect right to one.